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The Journey of Building an Export Processing Plant

Building an agricultural and food processing plant for export is a chain of linked decisions: choosing the market, fixing the product, sizing the raw-material growing areas, selecting the site, designing the layout, utilities, processing lines, warehouses and quality system, registering with the importing countries, and only then operating. The decisions at the start of the chain are few but carry the most weight, because every later step depends on them.

Market-back planning: market, product, plant, raw-material growing areas
Figure 1. Market-back planning: decisions run from the market back to the raw-material growing areas, while goods flow in the opposite direction.

This journey comprises 27 articles in 9 stages, following the actual sequence of a real project. Each article draws on technical literature on food processing plant and equipment design, checked against the requirements of the EU, the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East, with sources cited. A new article is published every two days in the Processing Plants section (in Vietnamese). Published so far: 1/27 articles.

Cover of the ebook The Journey of Building an Export Processing Plant

SPECIALIST EBOOK · VERSION 1.0, OCTOBER 2026

The whole journey in one book

Prefer not to wait for an article every two days? The ebook The Journey of Building an Export Processing Plant (Vietnamese edition) brings together all 27 investor decisions across 9 stages, from market to operations, written for investors and company directors.

  • 113 A4 pages, 9 chapters, 27 sections, 19 principle diagrams.
  • Each section has Key points and What the investor should do boxes for quick reading.
  • Based on technical books on plant and equipment design, checked against the requirements of the EU, the United States, China, Japan and South Korea; sources listed at the end of each chapter.

Price: VND 1,000,000

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Map of the journey of building an export processing plant: 9 stages, 27 articles
Figure 2. Map of the 9 stages of the journey. The articles in each stage are listed below.

Stage 1: The market determines the plant

Stage 2: Raw-material growing areas for the plant

  • Article 4: Raw-material growing areas for the plant: acreage, harvest calendar and growing-area codes (planned 23 October 2026)
  • Article 5: Raw-material receiving and storage: incoming inspection, residues, sample retention (planned 25 October 2026)

Stage 3: Site and layout

  • Article 6: Choosing the plant site: greenfield land, an existing building or an industrial park (planned 27 October 2026)
  • Article 7: One-way flow and clean–dirty zoning: a layout that prevents cross-contamination (planned 29 October 2026)
  • Article 8: Floors, walls, ceilings, doors: food-grade materials and finishes (planned 31 October 2026)

Stage 4: Technical utilities

  • Article 9: Water for a food plant: source, treatment, quality (planned 2 November 2026)
  • Article 10: Steam and energy systems: the foundation of every thermal process (planned 4 November 2026)
  • Article 11: Ventilation, air conditioning and positive pressure: controlling air in the production hall (planned 6 November 2026)
  • Article 12: Wastewater and solid waste: designed in from the start (planned 8 November 2026)

Stage 5: Processing lines

  • Article 13: Hygienic equipment design: stainless steel, welds, CIP and EHEDG (planned 10 November 2026)
  • Article 14: Fruit juice lines: receiving, washing, pressing, pulping, centrifuging (planned 12 November 2026)
  • Article 15: Aroma recovery and concentration: the order of process steps determines quality (planned 14 November 2026)
  • Article 16: Pasteurisation, sterilisation and aseptic packaging (planned 16 November 2026)
  • Article 17: Quick freezing: choosing freezing equipment for export fruit and vegetables (planned 18 November 2026)
  • Article 18: Drying fruit and vegetables: spray drying, freeze drying, fluidised-bed drying (planned 20 November 2026)
  • Article 19: Packaging, filling and labelling for each market (planned 22 November 2026)

Stage 6: Warehousing and cold chain

  • Article 20: Raw-material, cold and finished-goods warehouses: designed around the flow of goods (planned 24 November 2026)

Stage 7: Quality and food safety

  • Article 21: HACCP and the food safety plan: designing to control hazards (planned 26 November 2026)
  • Article 22: The plant laboratory: what to test on site, what to send out (planned 28 November 2026)
  • Article 23: Certifications buyers require: FSSC 22000, BRCGS, IFS, Halal (planned 30 November 2026)

Stage 8: Plant registration and export

  • Article 24: Plant registration by market: FDA, GACC, MFDS and other countries (planned 2 December 2026)

Stage 9: Investment and operations

  • Article 25: Estimating processing plant capital investment: methods and margins of error (planned 4 December 2026)
  • Article 26: Plant project management: design, construction, FAT and SAT acceptance (planned 6 December 2026)
  • Article 27: Operations after start-up: OEE, automation and monitoring (planned 8 December 2026)

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Companies at any stage of this journey can talk to AgrifoodV about markets, plants and raw-material growing areas, or send questions to contact@agrifoodv.com.